Public university in Gary, Indiana
Indiana University Northwest (IU Northwest) is a public university in Gary, Indiana. It is a regional campus of Indiana University and was established in 1963.
Academics
IU Northwest is located on a 36-acre (14.57 ha) campus in the northwest corner of the state. Class sizes average 30 students, and the faculty-student ratio is 1 to 14.
Programs, part- and full-time, are taught during days, evenings, and weekends, and lead to certificates and associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. There are more than 170 full-time and more than 200 part-time faculty, more than 75% of whom have doctorates or the highest degree available in their field.
There is a network of 24,000 alumni.
College, schools, and divisions
Indiana University Northwest is organized into two colleges, two schools, two divisions, Library and Information Science, and pre-professional programs:
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Health and Human Services
- Containing the departments of:
- Dental Education
- Health Information Management
- School of Nursing
- School of Public and Environmental Affairs
(the only SPEA on a regional IU campus outside of Bloomington and IUPUI)
- Radiologic Sciences
- Division of Social Work
- IU School of Medicine - Northwest
- School of Business and Economics
- School of Education
- Division of Continuing Studies
- Division of Labor Studies
- Library and Information Science
- Pre-Professional Programs
- Containing the departments of:
Student Enrollment
In the fall of 2015, 5,848 students were enrolled at IU Northwest.[6] Of that:
- 94% undergraduates and 6% graduate students
- 71% full-time students and 29% part-time students
- 69% women and 31% men
- 98% residents of Indiana
- 55% Caucasian, 19% African-American, 20% Hispanic students, 2.2% Asian and 0.2% Native American
Financial aid
US$38 million is awarded to IU Northwest students annually in the form of financial aid. 73% of IU Northwest students receive financial aid.
Athletics
Indiana–Northwest (IUN) teams are the RedHawks The university competes as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) since the 2019–20 academic year. The RedHawks previously competed as an Independent member within the Association of Independent Institutions (AII) until after the 2018–19 academic year.
IU Northwest competes in eight intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include basketball, cross country, golf and soccer; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer and volleyball.
